Hi There, just came across this and thought that I would share. There is a free webinar by the USDA on Biosecurity to protect your poultry. It is Feb. 27, 2:30-3:30. You can register www.aphis.usda.gov/animalhealth/defendtheflock.
The Original NPIP test is for Pullorum Disease by Salmanella Pullorum. It has been expanded to include: Salmonella Typhoid; Salmonella Enteritidis; Mycoplasma Gallisepticum; Mycoplasma Synoviae; Mycoplasma Meleagridis and Avian Influenza.
I purchased the blacks from a breeder that shows. I really, really wanted to show him but I just didn't want to take chance of something happening to him. Every show that comes up I get tempted.
Thank you Ron!
I just posted my hatching eggs for sale for 2020. I didn't advertise last year. I was breeding and hatching. I have worked very hard, and I'm really pleased with my breeding stock. I posted pictures in advertisement if anyone is interested. I love my birds.
Thank you GetaClue. I have looked up the different standards. (Did not see Champion Black Australorps. I had a very old edition. ) My question was referring to the idea of showing Astralorps for 4-H. We were thinking of offering our chickens to kids who don't have the opportunity to show...